The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $61,641.53 firm-fixed-price purchase order to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) of Almanya, Germany. The award is to deliver printed CMOS silicon pixel detectors for use in NASA's AstroPix astrophysics instrument. The original solicitation indicated NASA intended to make a sole source award to KIT under the authority provided in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to contract with a qualifying research institution. The...
This is a sole source federal contract award for a one-year PFIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) service contract extension to FEI Company, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific that manufactures specialized microscopy equipment and provides associated maintenance services. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded this $103,815.96 firm fixed price purchase order to support the maintenance of an existing PFIB instrument at NASA Langley Research...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $148,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Quantum Opus LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods, for the delivery of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. This sole-source award was made under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) and supports NASA's research and development initiatives. The detectors, components, and upgrades provided by Quantum Opus, including high-density nanowire...
This is a $30,629.56 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Shared Services Center (NSSC), a civilian agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to Bruker AXS LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. The contract is for the replacement of an X-ray detector on a Bruker M4 Tornado X-ray Fluorescence spectrometer instrument located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This specialized scientific equipment is...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $249,025 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Photonis Netherlands B.V., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of photon detection and low light imaging solutions. The contract is for the delivery of a Clio HSRL single anode microchannel plate photomultiplier tube prototype detector to be used at the Langley Research Center. This requirement was procured through a sole-source...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Quantum Opus LLC, a manufacturer of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs). The $240,700 contract is for a set of single-element SNSPDs, with a 24-week delivery timeline. This award supports NASA's research and development initiatives, as Quantum Opus has previously provided specialized detectors, components, and upgrades to NASA through prime...
This is a sole-source firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) to Instrumentation Technologies, Elektronska Instrumentacija In Produkti ZA Procesiranje Signalov, D.O.O. (Instrumentation Technologies, D.O.O.) for the delivery of customized Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) software. The software will be used in a safety-critical avionics system implementing the Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS)...
This federal contract award is for service support for X-ray detector fabrication tasks, valued at $137,963.00. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Scientific & Biomedical Microsystems, LLC (doing business as SB Microsystems), a for-profit limited liability company that provides engineering, fabrication, and technical services to support research instrumentation. The contract was issued as a delivery order under the...
This is a $52,960.74 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center (part of NASA) to Magnicon GMBH, a for-profit company located in Germany. The contract is for the delivery of two Three Channel DC SQUID Electronics units, six SQUID Series Array Sensor Chips, and two Adapter Boxes for External Access. This award is the result of a sole-source procurement under FAR Part 12 and 13, as Magnicon GMBH was determined to be the sole provider of the required items. The contract...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm fixed price purchase order for $103,836.00 to Kulite Semiconductor Products Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods organized as an S corporation, for the delivery of mini high sensitivity transducers. This sole source award was made under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as Kulite Semiconductor Products Inc. was determined to be the sole provider of the required...